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About Silikudar Village

Silikudar is a mid sized village in Rajagangapur tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 425 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silikudar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silikudar village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Tehsil Rajagangapur
Pincode 770017
Area (hectares) 390 hectares
Population 836
Male Population 425
Female Population 411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silikudar compares

By the 2011 count Silikudar is the 29th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 390 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Silikudar

Silikudar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Silikudar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silikudar from other places

Silikudar lies about 80 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 4.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Silikudar
Nearest railway station Biramitrapur 4.1 km
Nearest town Birmitrapur 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajagangapur 30 km
District headquarters Sundargarh 80 km

Villages closest to Silikudar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajagangapur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Silikudar

As per the Census of India 2011, Silikudar village had a population of 836. That makes it the 29th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Silikudar village has 425 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silikudar has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Silikudar is 770017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silikudar covers 390 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silikudar falls under Rajagangapur tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Silikudar is Biramitrapur, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silikudar.

Silikudar is about 80 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silikudar is in Rajagangapur tehsil of Sundargarh district. Biramitrapur is about 4.1 km away. Birmitrapur is about 5.2 km away. Rajagangapur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raiberna (under 2 km), Chhatantoli (7.1 km) and Mandiakudar (21 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silikudar today is likely to be higher.

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